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At a summer festival, music is, most of the time, the main attraction. But in recent years, major events in Portugal have been trying to go beyond convention, giving a stage to other forms of cultural expression. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT And at this edition of NOS Alive, on the Passeio Marítimo de Algés, in Lisbon, the…
At Sussex’s Love Supreme festival last weekend, Femi Koleoso and James Mollison of British jazz figureheads Ezra Collective joined me for a wide-ranging conversation on their artistry, the power of the dancefloor and hopes for the future of British music. With Koleoso noting that “dancefloors are dancefloors, whether it’s people with instruments or people with…
Published on 09/07/2026 – 15:10 GMT+2•Updated 15:32 Norway’s Erling Haaland has become the World Cup’s most memorable star, not just as his team’s MVP and one the competition’s top scorers alongside Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, but for his wholesome antics and entertaining social media posts. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Now, Manchester City’s scoring sensation is going…
‘Do you mind if I’m smoking while we’re talking?” enquires Andreas Angelidakis as we both recline on a bean bag in the form of a fallen classical column. “Do you mind if it’s narcotics? If it’s cannabis?” He extracts an elegantly constructed spliff wrapped in pink cigarette paper from his black Nike windcheater and lights…
Disney’s animated super-hit Moana from 2016 – having been followed up by a dull sequel two years ago – now gets a competent but basically pointless and unexciting back-to-basics live-action remake. Screenwriter Jared Bush modifies his original script, Broadway stage veteran Thomas Kail makes his movie directing debut and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songs are revived. Nineteen-year-old…
Culture has long been associated with museums, literature, music and the arts. Today, it also plays a growing role in diplomacy, economic development and international relations. As competition between countries increasingly extends beyond military or economic power, cultural influence has become an important component of how nations project themselves and strengthen their position on the…
‘The future of architecture,” pronounced Salvador Dalí on meeting Le Corbusier in 1922, “will be soft and hairy.” Fast forward over 70 years to Tokyo, and his surrealist prophecy was the stimulus for the Soft and Hairy House, one of a series of startlingly expressive dwellings designed by the talented Scottish-Japanese architectural partnership of Kathryn…
Published on 07/07/2026 – 14:22 GMT+2 The AI nightmare continues as Particle 6, the UK-based company which gave the world the controversial AI-generated “actress” Tilly Norwood, is officially developing its first AI feature film – starring, of course, Norwood. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For those of you who haven’t heard of Tilly Norwood, she was created last…
The South Aegean has officially submitted its candidacy for the title of World Region of Gastronomy 2028, vying for one of the most important international distinctions in the fields of gastronomy and sustainable tourism. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It is the first Greek region to bid for this specific title of the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture,…
Danish actor Trine Dyrholm gives a magnetic performance with all guns blazing in this intensely painful, uncomfortable but also sometimes uncomfortably funny film from writer-director Mads Mengel; it is about a dysfunctional family and is shot in a freewheeling handheld style with lots of looming extreme closeups, a film in the spirit of Thomas Vinterberg’s…
